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(No. Model.)

B. K. DAVIS.

TYPE GALLEY.

Patented'Mar. 30, 1897.

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BENJAMIN K. DAVIS, OF HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE E. P. COLE, OF SAME PLACE.

TYPE-GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 57 9,863, dated March 80, 1897.

Application filed March 14, 1896. Serial No. 583,184. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN K. DAVIS, residing at Hendersonville, in the county of Henderson and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Printers Type- Galley, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved type-galley for the purpose of taking proofs or for other Io purposes; and the object of the invention is to provide a galley which will dispense with the pieces of furniture and quoins now used for locking the composition; and another ob ject is to provide a device which shall be I 5 about as cheap and simpler than the devices now in use, and at the same time provide one with which all the operative parts are 0011- nected with the galley and onein which said parts operate with accuracy and case.

Another object is to provide a galley which can be quickly locked simultaneously with its adjustment.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and the novel combination or arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forminga part of this speci- 0 fication, Figure l is a perspective View of my galley in use. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the bar-operating mechanism,

5 In carrying out my invention I employ a galley A, which is constructed of wood or metal, as desired, and comprising a flat base a, and the fixed side and bottom a and 0, the same as an ordinary galley. In combination with the galley as thus constructed I employ a movable side B, which is pivotally connected to the inner ends of the parallel bars or levers O, C, and O, the outer ends of said bars or levers C C being pivotally connected 5 with the fixed posts D and D, mounted near the opposite ends of the base of galley. The outer ends of central lever or bar 0 are rigidly connected with rotatable post D, journaled in the base of galley. In addition the post is provided with a handle G, by means of which the post D is rotated, and by such movement the movable side is moved in or out through the medium of bar or lever G, and the bars or levers O C equalize the movement of said side, maintainingits parallelism with the opposite side, thus rendering the operating of the side piece absolutely accurate.

In order to regulate the adjustment of the movable side whereby the galley can be regu- 6o lated to hold any desired width of composition, I arrange a ratchet-wheelH upon the post D, preferably integral therewith, the teeth being so spaced that the distance between them is equal to an em quad of pica, so that at each step the movable side is moved inward the width is increased one em quad, and at each outward step the width is correspondingly increased. In order to provide a lock for such adjustment, I provide a pawl K, having a handle 70, said pawl being pivoted at 70 and held in engagement with the wheel H by means of a spring L, said spring being attached to base of galley and bearing against the pawl between the pivot and point.

hen it is desired to move the side inward, the handle is turned as indicated by the arrow; but when it is desired to move the side outward the pawl is first disengaged, and then the handle operated as indicated by arrow. Furthermore, the side can be moved inward without touching the handle, said bar being locked automatically at each step by means of the pawl and ratchet. The adjustment by this means is of course limited, but by adding sticks of furniture any narrow width of composition can be looked as quickly and as easily as the galley without furniture.

It is obvious that the galley. can be made for brevier, nonpareil, primer, diamond, &c., as well as pica.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I provide a cheap and simple form of galley which can be quickly adj usted to suit various widths of composition, one which is automatically locking, and one which will dispense with expensive and cumbersome furniture and locking devices now. in use.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the galley A, having the fixed side, end and bottom, of the rotatable side B, arranged upon the bottom, the levers C provided upon the bottom and pivotally connected to the side B near its ends, the central lever G pivoted to the side 13 near the center, the rotatable post D to which the opposite end of the lever C is attached, said post D having a handle G at the opposite end and a ratchet-disk II near the lower end, the pawl K pivoted upon the bottom and adapted to engage the ratchet-disk and the 15 spring L attached also to the bottom and adapted to engage the pawl K, all arranged and adapted to operatesubstantially as shown and described.

BENJAMIN K. DAVIS.

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T. O. ISRAEL, J. M. WALoRor. 

